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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 17, 1925
Page
4
A historical account notes the four year Prohibition effort cost the United States vast sums and many lives. It cites 37 federal agents killed and 50 million dollars spent, with hundreds of police and local officers also affected as enforcement battles continued nationwide.
A garbled OCR excerpt discusses tallow values and cat or winewearing terms with several misread names and numbers. It mentions ratios, sides, and weights like 4/6 and 16 d6e, with scattered references to locales or individuals. The text lacks coherent facts or a clear event to summarize.
A distorted passage shows a tense scene with conflicting voices and a referee interruption. The readable parts hint at a dispute and raised emotions among participants, but crucial details such as names, places, and outcomes are illegible.
A nineteenth century notice touts Doon’s Ointment as a cure for piles and related conditions. A Sydney reader, Mr Martin of Marrickville, credits it with relief after other doctors failed. The advertisement claims the ointment prevents recurrence and urges purchase from chemists or via Poster-McClellan Co. for 2 shillings 9 pence.
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